017 - Damage Report - Gibb River Road Part 2

[@dougneville9097]

Great vid mate,magic country we live in.Thanks

[@kenshi1231]

Cheers mate. We’re pretty lucky to live here, hey?

[@noelfrankland9060]

I did this trip about 20 years ago in a Coromal van not a problem but the people travelling with us there van fell to bits now we have a custom built Millard best off road van ever

[@kenshi1231]

Fantastic. I am glad we got to do it when we did. I dare say it may be sealed by the time we get another chance.

[@2fat2furious1]

Omg!! the view at Michael falls!!!! Amazing!!I'm so jealous of your chopper time!!!

[@kenshi1231]

Thank you so much. It was an awesome leg of our journey.

[@foss302]

Brings back some great memories of our Kimberley trip 3 years ago. I too had issues with my 9" LED's & the ARB deluxe bar. Same cracking etc but not quite as severe as yours!! I think the problem was single bolts on the lights - too much weight on one point. My lights spent the rest of the trip in the back of the car. Have a great time.

[@kenshi1231]

I reckon you’re spot on mate. Glad to hear that it’s not only us! I’m tossing up how to fix it. Weld a plate over, perhaps? Any suggestions?

[@foss302]

@@kenshi1231 I canned the real heavy 9" lights - one mounting point just created too much stress me thinks. I think that is why most newer LED's have 2 bolts for mounting to the bar. I did not have the largish holes as you do, rather spider cracks all around the holes. Those Kimberley corrugations were what did it !! I made up some 3mm steel plates and just sikaflexed them top & bottom on both sides. Painted them up and you would hardly know !!! I have gone to a 22" light bar on the top rail of the bullbar (mounted in front so as not to obscure vision etc) & in the existing holes I put 2 small rectangular 150mm? LEDs I had lying around in the shed. Still not as good as ARB Intensitys, but the setup works for me with a whole lot less weight. For what it was worth, I emailed ARB to see if this was a common occurrence with their Deluxe bar, but I did not even get the courtesy of a reply. Cheers.

[@kenshi1231]

@@foss302 thanks for the info. I will look into it. Light bar might be the way to go!

[@glmaguire]

Epic episode

[@kenshi1231]

Cheers mate. We had an epic time.

[@sal19041973]

Amazing 😍

[@kenshi1231]

Cheers legend!!!

[@obs2746]

Geez that ARB Bullbar was pretty lightweight. I’m not surprised

[@kenshi1231]

Lasted 7 years of some pretty rough roads…..

[@andrewford80]

Rad video guys :) Glad you were able to keep those thongs going a little bit longer

[@kenshi1231]

Haha. Cheers mate. Now have them hanging in the shed at home.

[@kazzrich]

Mistake No. 1 - Toyota. Mistake No. 2 - ARB. We had catastrophic failure of ARB roof rack, snapped off on the Nullarbor. Smashed our gear.

[@andrewford80]

Ouch. Any recourse with ARB?

[@andrewwilson5418]

Where did you leave the van when you had the swags at Mitchell Falls??

[@kenshi1231]

Hi mate. We left the van at King Edward River for the night. We left early morning to maximize the time. 76km drive to get to the campground from King Edward.

[@jt9583]

Hey Mate, awesome videos and documentary. What month did you travel the Gibb? Cheers!! 👍

[@kenshi1231]

Thanks so much mate. We went in June/July. Cheers.

[@sharondoyle8947]

What was the name of your free camp before ellenbrAe?

[@kenshi1231]

It was called Gibb River Day Area on wikicamps.

[@paulstapleton2724]

Very confusing watching you drive across the king edward... useing footage of you going in and going out,, switching between in out in out in and out again is very confusing.... but dont get me wrong... loved the video

[@kenshi1231]

Thanks for the feedback. Noted and taken Onboard. Still learning heaps!